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The rain wasn t nearly as deadly. but it sure drenched this fan at the carolina panthers game. maybe next time he ll try the upper deck. and in some places there was so much rain, this was the result, streets turned into rivers in parts of illinois. in larrew, ohio, some residents go it around in kayaks instead of cars. this woman had to be rescued by boat from her retirement village. rising water is to blame for the loss of three lives in kentucky. five people in this suv tried to cross a small bridge but the river was too much. it appears they tried to turn around and dropped the front end off the edge of the bridge and swept it away. two inside the suv managed to skip but couldn t pull the others to safety. in des moines, iowa, and wichita, kansas it wasn t rain ....
Christmas ahead. more now from 360 s randy kaye. it s as if mother nature couldn t make up her mind. dropping snow, ice, rain, and tornado-force winds across dozens of states. in hughs, arkansas, a tornado chewed there this barn and home. a mother managed to save her children. i threw my body weight over my 16-month-old child and i slung my daughter to the bathroom to save her life. in mississippi, a tornado took a man s life after blowing over his mobile home, trapping him between a tree and his mattress. the fire chief spent hours getting his friend out. we pulled christmas presents out of the house all day. in charlotte, north carolina, the rain wasn t nearly as ....
But even with some 20 inches of rain forecasted here, meteorologists do not believe it s going to be enough to spill like pontchartrain over its banks. however, the army corps of engineers monitoring the situation closely by the hour. there is late word tonight that a levee in plaqueman parrish, ten miles southeast of new orleans here, that the levee there has been breached in at least three spots, although at this point it doesn t appear to be too serious because only voluntary evacuation orders have been put into effect for that particular region. but obviously a very fluid situation as these storms always are, and one that s being monitored very closely. harris: the last words you want to hear in conjunction with the name new orleans is a levee breach of any kind. i know they re watching that situation very closely. one of the impacts for that city so many years ago with hurricane katrina was financially. it was just a punch to the gut. so i see people milling about. ....
Of just how strong that city is since hurricane katrina, how strong they ve come back and stayed steady at the hand, even as the tropical storm moves in. exactly. that s another thing i was talking to the chief of ems about. he said there is 200,000 extra visitors in new orleans this weekend. they re here to shake, rattle and roll. we were out when we landed last night, some heavy rain and it looked like the rain wasn t going to stop them. but he reminded me to remind people not to take this for granted, not to let their guard down. while this is no irene, things can happen. trees can come down on power lines. remember on irene, a man step outside his house and was electrocuted, didn t see a downed power line. one of those things, you got to keep an eye on. as this flooding threat will likely continue for the next day and a half works days. the storm will be on this area for some time. harris: thank you very much for that. let s move farther east now along the gulf coast. more floo ....
harris: maria, thank you very much. with the problems just beginning in the gulf states, thousands of americans still without electricity on the east coast tonight. nearly a week after hurricane irene hit, the worst of it, the 45 people now confirmed dead. but another lingering effect for so many people, the power lines destroyed as trees were taken out by wind and rain. and horrible flooding. more than 260,000 people in these nine states that you ll see coming up on a map here, still waiting for utility crews to restore their power. i understand we don t have the map. president obama set to visit hard hit new jersey tomorrow. at one point 1.5 million people in new jersey alone had no electricity. that number now is down quite a bit. at last check, it was just a little bit more than 17,000. it has obviously been an active and expensive hurricane season so far. the white house asking congress to set aside more money for disaster relief with the federal emergency management agency ....